Samsung joins renewables jobs surge with plans for Scottish wind turbine plant

James S Murray
clock •

Korean engineering giant to create 500 new jobs with Fife offshore wind turbine facility

Engineering giant Samsung has become the latest global manufacturer to announce plans for a British wind turbine plant, confirming today that it is to open a new facility in Fife that is expected to create...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

James S Murray
Author spotlight

James S Murray

View profile
More from James S Murray

APP vows to ramp up $30m forest positive strategy

Global Briefing: Spain to open national network of extreme heat shelters

More on Wind

'Snow joke': UK now has enough offshore wind capacity 'to roast three million turkeys'
Wind

'Snow joke': UK now has enough offshore wind capacity 'to roast three million turkeys'

The UK now boasts 16.1GW of offshore wind capacity, while the government has given the green light to a further 9GW of new renewables capacity in only the past 18 months

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 24 December 2025 • 3 min read
RWE and Thames Water ink five-year onshore wind farm deal
Wind

RWE and Thames Water ink five-year onshore wind farm deal

RWE to supply 132GWh of clean electricity to Thames Water each year through to 2030, covering up to 15 per cent of utility's essential services

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 19 December 2025 • 2 min read
Defra aims to unlock 19GW of offshore wind through new Marine Recovery Fund
Wind

Defra aims to unlock 19GW of offshore wind through new Marine Recovery Fund

Government claims new fund can both support nature recovery efforts and speed up the approval process for offshore wind farms

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 17 December 2025 • 4 min read